Golden hour in Dublin
Golden hour in Dublin starts at 20:58 on 15 June and runs 58 minutes; on 15 December it is 67 minutes from 15:00. The calculator above is preset to Dublin — pick a date and sunrise, sunset, golden and blue hour for that exact shoot day are right there, exportable as a calendar entry.
Golden hour calculator for Dublin
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Golden and blue hour in Dublin: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Dublin (53.3498, -6.2603) in the Europe/Dublin timezone, DST included. Between December (67 minutes) and March (46 minutes) the evening window changes by a factor of 1.5.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden am (until) | Golden pm (from) | Blue hour (from) | Daylight |
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| January | 08:33 | 16:37 | 09:35 | 15:35 | 17:02 | 8h 03min |
| February | 07:45 | 17:35 | 08:36 | 16:45 | 17:58 | 9h 51min |
| March | 06:41 | 18:29 | 07:27 | 17:43 | 18:50 | 11h 48min |
| April | 06:27 | 20:25 | 07:14 | 19:38 | 20:47 | 13h 58min |
| May | 05:26 | 21:18 | 06:19 | 20:26 | 21:45 | 15h 52min |
| June | 04:57 | 21:55 | 05:55 | 20:58 | 22:26 | 16h 58min |
| July | 05:16 | 21:47 | 06:11 | 20:52 | 22:16 | 16h 31min |
| August | 06:05 | 20:56 | 06:54 | 20:07 | 21:20 | 14h 50min |
| September | 06:59 | 19:43 | 07:45 | 18:58 | 20:05 | 12h 44min |
| October | 07:52 | 18:31 | 08:40 | 17:43 | 18:53 | 10h 39min |
| November | 07:51 | 16:31 | 08:48 | 15:33 | 16:55 | 8h 40min |
| December | 08:35 | 16:07 | 09:42 | 15:00 | 16:34 | 7h 32min |
Fitting the window into the shoot day
The evening window is the reliable half: the crew is warmed up, the setup exists, and golden hour is the last slot before wrap. The morning window right after sunrise (until 05:55 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 04:57.
After sunset, Dublin still offers the blue hour: from 22:26 to 22:48 in June (22 minutes). If you need both looks on one evening, everything from the start of golden hour to the end of blue hour is one continuous window — with no room for a re-rig inside it.
Frequently asked
When is golden hour in Dublin today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Dublin from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:58, in mid-December at 15:00.
How long does golden hour last in Dublin?
Between 46 minutes (March) and 67 minutes (December) in the evening. The name misleads — it only reaches a full hour in the longest months.
How accurate are the times?
To about one minute (standard NOAA-style solar computation). Not included: horizon shading from buildings or hills to the west — which can genuinely shorten the window at your location.